Episode #33: 1976 Timeline Twist & The Flintville Monster

7/10/2024: On today’s very special Bicentennial episode, Valerie’s 1976 Timeline Twist presents the innumerable United States Bicentennial activities, including cameos by Johnny Cash, President and Mrs. Ford, Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip, lots of ships, tons of commemorative trinkets, and a whole lotta red, white, and blue. We discuss an extremely tone-deaf sun tan lotion ad and a learn a couple new words in the first timeline twist during our lifetimes! Next, Amy Jo covers a thrillingly(?) terrifying story about the easily bored Flintville Monster and how he terrorized the small community of Flintville, Tennessee, with his size, appearance, smell (is that just really good weed?), and his rage for cars and their antennas. Lastly, Amy Jo touches on the origins of the Bigfoot legend, other mysteries of Flintville (is that Crispin Glover looking for his missing arm?), and the FBI investigation and findings regarding Bigfeet.

Cover Photo: Is Bigfoot real, or just a figment of our imagination? (Image credit: David Wall via Getty Images)

1. Tiananmen Incident

2. Cropped version of the original batch-processed image (#035A72) of the "Face on Mars".

3. 4th July 1976 with many many small boats on the Hudson River joining in festivities.

4. Zippo ad from 1976, showcasing their Made in America label and Stars and Stripes design.

5. McDonald's ad from 1976. This features a continental drummer boy playing on red, white, and blue McDonald's cups.

6. Schneemann

7. Frampton Comes Alive Album

8. Stretch Armstrong by Kenner

9. Tropical Blend by Coppertone Advertisement

10. Flintville, Location within Lincoln County and Tennessee

11. Flintville Post office (2013)

12. Harry and the Hendersons, 1987

13. Crispin Glover plays Phil the one-armed bellhop, Photo: MGM Distribution Co.

14. Louise Smith, left, Elaine Thomas and Mona Stafford of Liberty were the ­central figures in a 1976 UFO mystery that has remained unsolved. Their story is the inspiration for the play High Strangeness at Pioneer Playhouse in Danville.

15. Cryptids of Tennessee, Etsy poster, by LipsticKiss Press

16. North American Bigfoot Center, Boring, Oregon

Sources/Photo Sources

Intro Sources:

https://www.visitphilly.com/features/americas-semiquincentennial/#what-does-it-commemorate

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/burrow 

http://www.texasescapes.com/LindaKirkpatrick/This-Little-Piggy-Stayed-Home.htm

Timeline Twist Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_Tiananmen_incident

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Products_introduced_in_1976

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Bicentennial#/media/File:Zippo_ad_1976.jpg

https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/trail-self-determination.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_Winter_Olympics

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100_Club_Punk_Special

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_in_film

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_in_television

https://www.merriam-webster.com/time-traveler/1976

Timeline Twist Photo Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_Tiananmen_incident#/media/File:Tiananmen_Incident.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cydonia_(Mars)#/media/File:Martian_face_viking_cropped.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Bicentennial

https://www.ebay.com/itm/285582296834?chn=ps&mkevt=1&mkcid=28&srsltid=AfmBOoqtxXEzy-hAYXLi6WQyxoH3hRtHESe43yjCqRqQIbG-zSrFCyfEHQc

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schneemann#/media/File:Schneemann.png

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frampton_Comes_Alive!#/media/File:Frampton_Comes_Alive.jpg

https://www.ebay.com/itm/223853279421

https://www.reddit.com/r/TwinTowersInPhotos/comments/1dvu1df/4th_july_1976_48_years_ago_today_with_many_many/#lightbox

The Flintville Monster Sources:

https://appvoices.org/2009/10/04/mountain-mysteries/

https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/bigfoot_sasquatch_legend/

https://mil.wa.gov/the-legend-of-bigfoot

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigfoot

http://www.bigfootencounters.com/articles/flintville.htm

https://hangar1publishing.com/blogs/cryptids/flintville-monster

https://hangar1publishing.com/blogs/cryptids/tennessee-cryptids

https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/essays/bicentennial-1976/

https://www.livescience.com/24598-bigfoot.html

The Flintville Monster Photo Sources:

https://www.livescience.com/24598-bigfoot.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flintville,_Tennessee#/media/File:Lincoln_County_Tennessee_incorporated_and_unincorporated_areas_Flintville_highlighted.svg

https://www.etsy.com/no-en/listing/1592746195/famous-cryptids-of-tennessee-11-x-14

https://www.reddit.com/r/iwatchedanoldmovie/comments/172y0xk/harry_and_the_hendersons1987/#lightbox

https://www.kentucky.com/news/article44369712.html

https://www.ranker.com/list/underrated-crispin-glover-movie-and-tv-roles/mike-mcgranaghan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flintville,_Tennessee#/media/File:Flintville_Tennessee_Post_Office_6-16-2013.jpg

https://northamericanbigfootcenter.com/museum/